Andreas Zaunseder

- Name
- Andreas Zaunseder
- Title
- Organisation
- Sociology School of Social and Political Science University of Edinburgh
- Address
- Edinburgh UK
- Telephone
- andreas.zaunseder@ed.ac.uk; r02az16@abdn.ac.uk
- Research Interests
- Historical sociology, political theory, Social theory, public engagement, Economic Sociology, Political Sociology, Critical Theory
- URL
- http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/gradschool/community_and_representation/research_student_profiles/sociology/andreas_zaunseder
PhD Title
Work and Citizenship: a Multi-Sited Ethnography of Labour, Political Engagement and the Construction of Meaningful Work in Scottish Worker Co-operatives’ (working title)
PhD Supervision
Dr Elizabeth Macknight (University of Aberdeen)
Prof Chris Brittain (University of Aberdeen)
Teaching (University of Edinburgh)
Guest Lectures:
- "Economic Justice: A Case for Worker Cooperatives", 3 March 2017 (Sustainable Development 2A)
Senior Tutor:
- Sustainable Development 1A (Winter semester 2016/2017)
- Sustainable Development 2A (Summer semester 2016/2017)
Tutor:
- Sustainable Development 1A (Winter semester 2015/2016)
- Sociology 1B (Summer semester 2015/2016)
- Sociology 2B (Summer semester 2015/2016)
Publications
Book Review: Hahnel, Robin and Eric Olin Wright. 2014. Alternatives to Capitalism: Proposals for a Democratic Economy. British Journal of Sociology. (forthcoming).
Conferences
- 2015/11/06: Co-Organising and chairing the roundtable discussion "Migrant Voices - Public Narratives". Organised by Sociology, University of Edinburgh in collaboration with Archivio delle Memorie Migranti (Rome, Italy) and LIVED (Charity)
- 2015/12/10-11: Co-Organising the conference “Weber / Simmel Antagonisms: Staged Dialogues”. Organised by the Max Weber Group of the British Sociological Association and Sociology, University of Edinburgh.
- 2016/03/21-22: Member of the organising committee for the conference “New Directions”. Organised by Sociology, University of Edinburgh.(forthcoming)
Qualifications
2011-2012: Magister Litterarum (Master of Letters) in International Political Theory, The University of St Andrews / United Kingdom
Dissertation: 'Arendt Dates Marx: Capitalism as the Mortician of Worldliness'
2008-2011: BSc (Bachelor of Science) in Economics and Management, Libera Università di Bolzano (The Free University of Bolzano) / Italy
Exchange Programmes
2011, Summer term: Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey (ERASMUS)
2009, Summer term: National Sun-Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan (awarded via a bilateral university agreement)
Awards
PhD Fellowship at CISRUL for 2016-2019 (full stipend / RCUK level)
Scholarship from the region South-Tyrol in Italy for 2009-2011: “Borsa di Studio della Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano, Alto Adige”